Word
Bu köyde şarap kötü olacak diye korkulur.
Meaning
In this village, people fear that the wine will be bad.
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Questions & Answers about Bu köyde şarap kötü olacak diye korkulur.
Why do we use the future tense olacak before diye?
When expressing a fear or worry about something that might happen, Turkish uses a direct quote structure. It literally acts as saying 'the wine will be bad' (şarap kötü olacak diye). This is why the future tense -(y)AcAk is used to show anticipatory concern.
The translation says 'people fear', but I don't see a word for 'people'. How does korkulur mean this?
korkulur is the passive form of korkmak (to fear) in the aorist (broad time) tense. Literally, it translates to 'it is feared'. In Turkish, the passive voice is frequently used to express what 'people in general' do, making a separate word for 'people' unnecessary.
Doesn't the verb korkmak usually require the ablative case (-dAn)? Why isn't it used here?
Yes, when you are afraid of a specific noun, you use the ablative case (like köpekten korkuyorum - I am afraid of the dog). However, when you fear that an entire situation will happen, you frame the situation as a full sentence and connect it to the verb using diye, which does not take case endings.
Could I say şarap kötü diye korkulur without olacak?